DNC 2024 Day 1 live updates: Biden lays out choice to 'save democracy' with Harris

All around the stadium, attendees held up vertical "We love Joe" signs echo the shape of the delegation signposts. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was seen on the convention floor with the sign.

Others held up cards that read, "Thank you Joe."

In their box, Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat with their spouses listening to Biden's speech. Walz was emotional throughout much of the president's remarks.

Monday night's DNC programming was scheduled to wrap over an hour ago, by 11 p.m., as Biden continues his keynote speech.

DNC officials addressed the length, blaming the "raucous applause" for going over the time.

"Because of the raucous applause interrupting speaker after speaker, we ultimately skipped elements of our program to ensure we could get to President Biden as quickly as possible so that he could speak directly to the American people," convention officials said in a statement. "We are proud of the electric atmosphere in our convention hall and proud that our convention is showcasing the broad and diverse coalition behind the Harris-Walz ticket throughout the week on and off the stage."

President Biden, after touting accomplishments at home, turned to his handling of conflicts around the globe.

On Ukraine, Biden praised the strength of Kyiv and of NATO in the face of Russia's aggression.

"Just as no commander in chief should ever bow down to a dictator, the way Trump bows down to Putin, I never have," Biden said. "And I promise you, Kamala Harris will never do it, will never bow down."

Biden also discussed the Israel-Gaza war, saying he is working tirelessly to get his peace plan for the Middle East approved by all sides to bring an end to the conflict and to bring hostages home.

"Those protesters in the street have a point," he said. "A lot of innocent people being killed on both sides."

Biden brought up reproductive rights as a key election issue this November. He noted that in the Dobbs decision in which the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, the court's majority wrote that women are not without electoral or political power.

"No kidding," Biden said. "MAGA Republicans found out the power of women in 2022. And Donald Trump is going to find out the power of women in 2024. Watch."